Floppy discs

Jetster · Apr 18, 2022

TheinsanegamerN said:
Laser printers use toner, not ink, and they dont "dry out" on home models. There's no magic there.

Speaking of business printers, HP's newest lineup requires the use of the HP app with an account in order to print. It will print once on just the bare driver, just to let you know it works and is DRM'd to hell. Business class doesnt mean what it used to.

I love my Lazer printer. (Brother HL-L2380) I paid $190 on sale, and it scans. Has never failed. Just Black and White but I'll never buy another inkjet. 3 years and I've only used one cartage.

Greenslade · Apr 18, 2022

The new one i bought the disc would not go in ,see the Photos
I sent a message to a seller on eBay and told him all this and asked him to show a photo of one in the drive.This is his reply
*I Regret that I have got rid of all my old floppy discs so not able to help on that score however if you want to risk purchasing the disk drive I will accept it back from you if you are not happy with it*
It is a very old Sony from 2005?He does say it is working but not used much.It is 11 pounds including shipping .I told a seller on eBay about all this and asked him if he would show me a photo of a disc in the drive.I have decided not to go for the Sony.I have just seen this https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/632717757749604/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:adc8467e-d7b1-4bae-aaac-cf3fc1fccea2. Perfect working order. Includes protective case/stand. Connects,via USB. Model PCGA-UFD5.And it is only £5?

They might have some floppy discs.

At least i can see if the floppy disc will fit in

There the other side of London.I got back to them they just gave there street name and there postcode?

They got back to me i arranged to pick it up tomorrow, fingers crossed the disc will fit in the drive.

lexluthermiester · Apr 20, 2022

Found something...

THERE's your problem.. If you haven't shipped it back yet, reach in with a set of needle nose pliers and pull whatever that is out of the drive. Should be ok after that.

Greenslade · Apr 20, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Found something...
View attachment 244276
THERE's your problem.. If you haven't shipped it back yet, reach in with a set of needle nose pliers and pull whatever that is out of the drive. Should be ok after that.

I thought that was the problem ,glad there was a problem with the drive,now i have the £5 one.

It should have been checked before it was sent out it was a open probbrtly someone had sent it back because of that.

Jetster · Apr 21, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Found something...
View attachment 244276
THERE's your problem.. If you haven't shipped it back yet, reach in with a set of needle nose pliers and pull whatever that is out of the drive. Should be ok after that.

Reminds me of when kids would put a peanut butter sandwich in the VCR

lexluthermiester · Apr 21, 2022

Jetster said:
Reminds me of when kids would put a peanut butter sandwich in the VCR

My little sister did that once and I had to fix it...

Greenslade · Apr 21, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
My little sister did that once and I had to fix it...

I just orderd an extension cabal for it ,i can see why they say it is for a laptop with that very short cabal.
The cabal i have ordered was the was the cheapest one on eBay 1.45 for 1m.

The red spirit · Apr 21, 2022

chrcoluk · Apr 21, 2022

The alternatives at the time were tape, floppy discs ruled.

Playing 8+ disc games with 2+ external drives to minimise disc swapping was elite.

caroline! · Apr 21, 2022

Jetster said:
Reminds me of when kids would put a peanut butter sandwich in the VCR

lexluthermiester said:
My little sister did that once and I had to fix it...

Reminds me of a guy who asked me to check on his drive because it wasn't opening anymore. Tried the buttons and the manual override and nope the tray wasn't moving, I opened up the unit and there was a Bosch angle grinder disc inside.

I questioned my faith in humanity that day ngl

lexluthermiester · Apr 21, 2022

Greenslade said:
I just ordered an extension cable for it ,i can see why they say it is for a laptop with that very short cable.
The cable i have ordered was the was the cheapest one on eBay 1.45 for 1m.

I think you mean "cable". My drive cable is short as well, but I have my drive right next to my PC, so it's no big deal.

Greenslade · Apr 21, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
I think you mean "cable". My drive cable is short as well, but I have my drive right next to my PC, so it's no big deal.

Yes cable ,this one is 6 inches and just sitting on top of the PC is to short to reach the USB socket.
I was using a box to put it on so it could reach the USB socket.

Not a very satisfactory sittuation.

Greenslade · Apr 22, 2022

Greenslade said:
Yes cable ,this one is 6 inches and just sitting on top of the PC is to short to reach the USB socket.
I was using a box to put it on so it could reach the USB socket.It want be a big deal for me when i get the extension cable.

I have been looking on eBay to see what games i can put on a diskette,i have a fair few on the list.

Greenslade · Apr 28, 2022

I have downloaded a game from the Internet Archive. and it has come up with this
*WinUAE Executable
*Amiga Rom File
*Amiga Key
Where can I get them from?
The game is Assassins (cd4)?
I have not had much luck getting games on a floppy diskette, a lot of odd files
that need to be converted.

80251 · May 20, 2022

Greenslade said:
I have just got a Floppy disc USB player, where can i find games that will be small enough to fit on a floppy Disc?

1988.

Calenhad · May 20, 2022

You can download many of the games available at the Internet Archive

simlife · May 21, 2022

Greenslade said:
I have just got a Floppy disc USB player, where can i find games that will be small enough to fit on a floppy Disc?

a floppy is smaller then 10 meduim photos today , a 150 mart phone is 40x more powerful

R-T-B · May 21, 2022

Greenslade said:
I have downloaded a game from the Internet Archive. and it has come up with this
*WinUAE Executable
*Amiga Rom File
*Amiga Key
Where can I get them from?
The game is Assassins (cd4)?
I have not had much luck getting games on a floppy diskette, a lot of odd files
that need to be converted.

I think thats not for PC. Amiga was a whole different computer arcitechture not unlike apple, it just did not do as well...

Greenslade · May 21, 2022

R-T-B said:
I think thats not for PC. Amiga was a whole different computer arcitechture not unlike apple, it just did not do as well...

Thanks very much for that.

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